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The Cayuse attacked the missionaries, killing Whitman and his wife Narcissa, and eleven others. They captured 54 European-American women and children and held them for ransom. They destroyed the mission buildings. This attack prompted an armed response by the United States and the Cayuse War ensued. Five Cayuse warriors were hanged; see Cayuse ...
According to Cayuse tradition, there was no question of their right to dispose of a doctor (medicine man, or tewat) whose patients were dying of disease. In the eyes of the Cayuse, Whitman was a "healer but couldn't heal." [4] In the Whitman Incident, Cayuse warriors killed Marcus Whitman and thirteen others, including Narcissa Whitman.
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The Cayuse War (1847-1855) was an armed conflict between the Cayuse people of the Northwestern United States and settlers, backed by the U.S. government.The conflict was triggered by the Whitman massacre of 1847, where the Cayuse attacked a missionary outpost in response to a deadly measles epidemic that they believed was caused by Marcus Whitman.
According to the journal of Lawrence Kip, a U.S. Army lieutenant, Cutmouth John was the guide to the 4th Infantry Regiment when it escorted Isaac Stevens to the Walla Walla Council in 1855.
Five Crows, also known as Hezekiah, Achekaia, or Pahkatos, was a Cayuse Indian chief. [1] His principal rival for the role of Head Chief of the Cayuse was Young Chief (Weatenatemany). [2] Five Crows was the maternal half-brother of Tuekakas, Old Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, and the brother-in-law of Peopeomoxmox.
The only death that Narcissa attributed to the Cayuse warriors rather than Joe Lewis while she was watching it unfold was Marcus Whitman's. Catherine Sager said that she was told more about the killings during the month she was kept as a prisoner after the attack.
Tawatoy or Young Chief, variously spelled as Tauitowe, Tauatui, Tauitau, Tawatoe or Tu Ah Tway, was a Cayuse headman. Alongside his brother Five Crows , Tawatoy held sway over one of three bands of the Cayuse nation.